The law of armed conflict : international humanitarian law in war /

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Author / Creator:Solis, Gary D., author.
Edition:Second edition.
Imprint:New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
©2016
Description:xxxi, 890 pages ; 27 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10970313
Related Items:Revision of: Law of armed conflict.
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ISBN:1107135605
9781107135604
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 843-881) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part I. Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War
  • 1. Rules of war, laws of war
  • 2. Codes, conventions, declarations, and regulations
  • 3. Two World Wars and their law of armed conflict results
  • 4. Protocols and politics
  • Part II. Law of Armed Conflict and International Humanitarian Law: A Framework
  • 5. Conflict status
  • 6. Individual battlefield status
  • 7. Law of armed conflict's four core principles
  • 8. What is a 'war crime'?
  • Part III. Law of Armed Conflict and International Humanitarian Law: Battlefield Issues
  • 9. Obedience to orders, the first defense
  • 10. Command responsibility and respondeat superior
  • 11. Ruses and perfidy
  • 12. Rules of engagement
  • 13. Targeting objects
  • 14. Autonomous weapons, drones, and targeted killing
  • 15. Human targeting and cross-border counter-attacks
  • 16. Torture
  • 17. Cyberwarfare
  • 18. Attacks on cultural property
  • 19. The 1980 certain conventional weapons convention
  • 20. Gas, biological, and chemical weapons treaties
  • Part IV. Dealing with Violations of Customs and Usages of Warfare
  • 21. Military commissions
  • 22. Security detention